Leaving Guatemala With a Bang

MARCH 19, 2018 | MAYA

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After a long five and a half hours, the group finally made it to base camp!

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While some chose to watch the sun rise the next morning from base camp, Hanna, Annie, Hannah and Julian decided to push through another steep hour and a half to watch the sunrise from the very top of the volcano.

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After the descent, we headed to back to Antigua for a celebratory lunch at a nearby farm and then piled into another minibus and left for the beach! We arrived in El Paredon with aching muscles.

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We have spent our time here relaxing on the beach, taking surf lessons, and working with a local social enterprise and sustainable development organization called La Choza Chula.

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Other fun things we’ve done include making empanadas in cooking class, and playing carnival games after a town-wide trash clean up.

With our time in El Paredon coming to a close, our group is sad to leave this beautiful place but is also extremely excited for our journey to Nicaragua on Tuesday.

Juliette OUT!